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I clicked on this link thinking "yeah, hot chocolate has kind of vanquished cocoa hasn't it?" Very disappointing to discover this had nothing to do with chocolatey drinks.

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Cocoa was named partly as a pun of Java. Remember when NeXTStep was folded into Apple, Java was getting a lot of attention.

Cocoa was Java compatible, as a first class target.

Not sure why you're getting downvotes. Even as someone who develops with Cocoa, the chocolately drink was my first thought too.

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